Jelle Troelstra, Portrait Of A Seated Woman

Jelle Troelstra, Portrait Of A Seated WomanThis early 20th century oil painting by Dutch artist Jelle Troelstra (1891 1979) depicts a seated woman wearing a floral top and dark grey dress. With eyes closed and hands held upon her lap, shes decidedly restful. Rendered in a swirly abundance of deft marks, enlivened with red highlights. Her identity is unknown but the artist has cleverly suggested her age via some pinching of the skin. Her expression is mesmerising. Troelstra was an accomplished

Signed in the lower right and held within their original gilt frames

It’s interesting to see the inclusion of a scruffy partially peeled onion as this could be a subtle nod to vanitas paintings

Herman Johannes Snellman (1885-1961)

The folds of the drapery catch the light

It was painted in France during the late 19th-century but it reminds us of the masterful Dutch school still lifes of the 17th-century

Essex and was trained by his father

With equal fervour

within the aristocratic world

Medium: WatercolourOverall size: 14” x 15” / 35cm x 39cmYear of creation: c

Her exquisitely fine works in watercolour often depicted fashionable society ladies - each carrying life and buoyancy – as if the sitter was caught off-guard at a candid moment

Mr and Mrs Shaw

A beautiful turn of the century oil on canvas depicting a woodland track alongside a walled countryside property